[mythtv-users] Wiimote usage in MythTV frontend

[Matthew Zimmerman]

I've been using myth_py_wii.py from
http://www.benjiegillam.com/mythpywii-installation/ although slightly
modified.  I added the script to turn the screen on (through dpms)
when the wiimote associates and also made the wiimote turn off after
it hadn't been used in 35 minutes.  I've attached my modifications if
anyone wants them.

I've run into some segfaults, but they were within the cwiid module
that myth_py_wii.py uses, but I haven't had a problem with them for a
couple of weeks.

Using the wiimote to control my frontend has been excellent and
virtually a free upgrade since I already had the wiimote :)  (I needed
to get a bluetooth dongle)

Matt

On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Saturday 05 September 2009 12:32:16 Michel Meyers wrote:
>> Brian Long wrote:
>> > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:04 AM, xavier hervy
>> > <xavier.hervy at bluebottle.com <mailto:xavier.hervy at bluebottle.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Matthew Zimmerman wrote:
>> >
>> >         Have any of you used a wiimote to control the frontend?  I'm
>> >         currently
>> >         using an Xbox (original) joystick, but having the wire there is
>> >         getting annoying and old.
>>
>> Slightly O/T: You could also use a wireless Xbox 360 controller with the
>> Wireless Gaming Receiver. That's what I run here and it's working very
>> well. (I happened to have the controller, so I just had to shell out a
>> few bucks for the USB receiver)
>
> Gaming controllers are not very satisactory for controlling media viewing
> (besides looking silly).
>
> Radio Shack sells a $20 "Gamer Pro" remote that will control the media and
> other related functions of an Xbox-360, PSx or a media PC. The ergonomics are
> not that great, but it does work, and it can learn other control codes for
> other devices.
>
> --
> Brian Wood
> beww at beww.org
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